Wave Energy
Wave energy is the harnessing of kinetic power from ocean waves. This section links to stories about wave energy, its use as a renewable and emissions free energy source, and how companies are capturing power from tidal motion. There are also articles on other forms of hydroelectric power.
Senate Approves Energy Bill
The Senate approved energy legislation that would increase fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles, provide tax incentives for development of alternative fuels and require greater use of ethanol, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The measure now faces ...
Energy Tax Package Sent To U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee approved an updated package of energy tax incentives, which contains a five- year extension of the tax credit for the production of electricity from wind, geothermal, biomass and other ...
Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World
The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in the world.
1. Vestas Wind Systems has more than 30,000 wind turbines generating electricity globally ...
Survey: Midwesterners Aware of Alt Fuel & Vehicles, Not Much Else
Eighty-seven percent of homeowners in the Midwest consider the development of alternative energy products and processes to be very important to critical. However, less than one percent are aware of any alternative energy technology outside of what has been ...
AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference:
With CEO after CEO now committing to act on climate change, big US brands are scrambling to ...
Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics
Discovery Channel is launching the first-ever 24-hour TV network dedicated solely to green lifestyle programming. The initiative, launching next year, includes a $50 million investment in new original content and a multi-platform offering with interactive ...
LA to Supply Clean Energy to 70,000 Homes
The LA City Council has approved two agreements that will provide enough renewable energy to power 70,000 homes. These agreements, each of which provide 25 megawatts of renewable power for a total of 50 megawatts, ...
Corporate America’s Love Affair with Green Power More Than PR Fluff
A recent CNNMoney.com article asks, how much of recent corporate renewable energy annoucements are PR fluff?
"It's 98 percent real and 2 percent PR," Mike Eckhart, president of the American Council on Renewable Energy, says ...
Small Business Energy Efficiency Quiz
With the right upgrades, the typical small business can cut its energy bill up to 30 percent and see a payback on the investment within three years, according to Entrepreneur.
Things are getting easier for ...
EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020
EU leaders agreed Friday that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources by 2020, AP reports. No enforcement mechanism has been agreed on yet.
The deal makes three main promises ...
Standard Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase and Sale Contract Released
The American Council On Renewable Energy has released a standard form contract for national trading of Renewable Energy Certificates.
The contract is intended as infrastructure to help buyers and sellers transact, foster market mechanisms to ...
Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy
President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit Free Press reports.
The proposed budget for the Department of Energy includes $42 ...
Utilities Fail to Respond to Investor’s GHG Emissions Questions
Less than half of all listed global electric utilities have responded to an investors request for information regarding their emissions of greenhouse gases, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project's Global Electric Utilities report (PDF). ...
Wells Fargo Leads EPA’s Top 25 Green Power List
For the first time, a corporation leads EPA's national Top 25 list of green power purchasers. Wells Fargo & Company claimed the top spot, purchasing 550 million kilowatt hours annually. Organizations that purchase electricity ...
Bush’s State of the Union Energy Plan Gets Mixed Reaction
President Bush set a goal of reducing U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent in the next 10 years during last night's State of the Union speech. The White House dubbed the program Twenty in ...
NYC Plans Hybrid Wind, Solar, Tidal Energy Plant on Randall’s Island
New York City's Department of Parks and Recreation is in final contract negotiations with Highland, NY-based Natural Currents Energy Services to build a hybrid wind, solar and tidal-energy power plant on Randall’s Island ...
Canada Maps Out 3 Parts of $1.5 Billion ecoEnergy Funding
Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has announced more than $1.5 billion in funding for its ecoENERGY Renewable Initiative to boost Canada’s renewable energy supplies.
The first component of the initiative, ecoENERGY for Renewable Power, will invest $1.48 ...
BPA Issues Renewable Energy RFP
Bonneville Power Administration, a federal power marketing agency based in Portland, Oregon has issued an RFP for the research and development of new renewable energy technologies for the BPA and the utilities it ...
2006 National Green Power Award Winners & Project Descriptions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Center for Resource Solutions recently announced the annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing leading national green power purchasers and suppliers.
Descriptions ...
EPA Asks Fortune 500 to Double Green Energy Use
The EPA has asked Fortune 500 companies to double their current level of green power purchasing. The goal of the green power challenge is to exceed 5 billion kilowatt hours of green power purchases. Five billion ...
